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Test Technician

Pittsburgh, PA

About Us

Are you ready to build the future of supply chain? At Gather AI, we’re not just creating software; we’re pioneering a new era of warehouse intelligence. We’ve developed a groundbreaking, vision-powered platform that uses autonomous drones and existing equipment to capture real-time data, completely digitizing workflows that have historically been manual and error-prone. This means facilities operate smarter, safer, and more efficiently, ultimately redefining “on-time, in full” delivery.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to contribute to truly transformative technology and make a significant impact in a vital industry, Gather AI is the place for you. We’re leading the charge in the rapidly evolving robotics industry, and we invite you to join us in reshaping the global supply chain, one intelligent warehouse at a time.

About the Team

Our hardware and systems team builds and deploys the physical layer of Gather AI’s products, including the on-vehicle compute, cameras, and sensor arrays that power our MHE Vision and drone systems in live warehouse environments. We’re a hands-on team that works across embedded hardware, firmware, and software, and quality at that boundary is some of the most important and most interesting work in the company.

About the Role

Most test roles sit cleanly on one side of the hardware-software divide. This one lives in the middle, and that’s what makes it interesting.

As a Test Technician, you’ll own validation at the hardware-software boundary for our MHE Vision platform, the system that turns warehouse forklifts into real-time inventory sensors. You’ll work in our Pittsburgh lab testing sensor integration, validating firmware and software releases, qualifying new compute hardware, and classifying defects across the full stack from physical device to application layer. Our MHEV platform is in production at customer sites and growing, so the quality work you do here has direct impact on systems running in the field.

The skill set you build here is intentionally transferable across Gather AI’s product lines, including drone systems, new compute platforms, and future hardware form factors, so the scope of the role grows as the company does.

What You’ll Do

  • Execute hardware and system tests in the Pittsburgh lab, validating sensor behavior, firmware functionality, and end-to-end data flow from physical devices through the software stack
  • Own pre-deployment validation for outbound MHEV hardware kits and software releases, developing and maintaining repeatable test procedures and clear result documentation
  • Debug across hardware, firmware, and software layers, isolating whether an issue originates in the physical device, firmware, drivers, or application software, and routing findings to the right engineering owners
  • Qualify new on-vehicle compute platforms as we evaluate hardware alternatives, assessing performance against the reference implementation and contributing to go/no-go decisions
  • Identify gaps in test coverage and propose improvements to the regression suite as the product and platform evolve
  • Contribute to defect triage, classifying issues accurately and communicating findings clearly to the hardware, firmware, and software teams who need to act on them

What You’ll Need

  • 2 to 4 years of hands-on experience in a hardware test, lab, or technician role in robotics, drones, automotive, industrial automation, consumer electronics, or a similar field
  • Genuine experience at the hardware-software boundary, not purely software QA and not purely hardware bench work
  • Comfort with embedded device testing: flashing firmware, boot and connectivity verification, functional validation, and regression testing on physical devices
  • Hands-on lab skills including wiring, crimping, schematic reading, multimeter use, and comfort assembling and maintaining test rigs
  • Linux command line and basic networking including SSH, ping, and IP configuration, as well as the ability to inspect live data streams and replay recorded device logs
  • Associate’s degree in a technical field, technical trade certification, military electronics or avionics background, or equivalent hands-on experience. A BS in EE, CE, or Mechatronics is a plus

Nice to Have

  • Experience with embedded compute platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson or ARM-based boards, or familiarity with communication protocols including UART, SPI, I2C, USB, or Ethernet
  • Exposure to evaluating or qualifying new hardware platforms against a reference implementation
  • Familiarity with ROS or similar robotics middleware, or experience with computer vision and perception pipelines
  • Comfort reading and running existing test scripts in Python or another language

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